A link between meiotic prophase progression and crossover control.
During meiosis, most organisms ensure that homologous chromosomes undergo at least one exchange of DNA, or crossover, to link chromosomes together and accomplish proper segregation. How each chromosome receives a minimum of one crossover is unknown. During early meiosis in Caenorhabditis elegans and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-02-01
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| Series: | PLoS Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1359072?pdf=render |